If you would like to get involved with any of these PTA Programs, click HERE to contact someone from the current year Executive Board and Committees to get involved!
Programs
Programs Committee Chair, Cindy Kost at ckost@brinkerpta.org
Field Day - Field Day is an all day event where kids can enjoy friendly competition in fun games and activities.
Curriculum Based Programs - The PTA brings in outside education enhancement programs focused on STEM and history during the school year. Volunteers are needed to help us execute these programs.
Healthy Lifestyles - Brinker PTA encourages healthy lifestyles by introducing education opportunities and programs that focus on health and wellness. These activities include fun runs, school assemblies, PE program enhancements, drug awareness events and parent learning opportunities.
After School Programs - Our after school offerings change throughout the year based on available programs and student interest. Current after school offerings will be advertised on our website.
Events
Events Committee Chair, Adrian Satz at asatz@brinkerpta.org
Family Picnic - The Brinker Fall Family Picnic is an annual tradition where the PTA invites all of our Brinker staff and families to come out and enjoy an evening of family fun. This event occurs in the Fall and includes fun things like snow cones, popcorn, bounce houses, face painting, and music provided by a professional DJ.
Winter Party - Our Winter Party celebration is held right before Holiday Break, where students and staff celebrate the season with a festive party.
Brinker Bash - Our Brinker Bash is our end of the school year celebration which is held during the last week of the school year to help students and staff celebrate the end of the school year and to kick off summer vacation.
Arts in Education Committee Chair, Nejat Tewolde at ntewolde@brinkerpta.org
Arts & Music Enrichment - The PTA provides arts program enhancements though various events through out the school year. We have brought music and drama performances to our school, Artist workshops and demonstrations, as well as provided for a variety of field trips to local venues so that our Brinker Bears can experience all that our art community has to offer!
Tuesday Tunes - Each Tuesday morning, a Brinker student plays a musical instrument in the lobby as the students enter the school. Any Brinker student who has been playing an instrument for at least two years is invited to perform.
Reflections - Reflections is a national arts program sponsored by the National PTA. Students have the opportunity to submit entries in six categories: dance choreography, film/video production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. CLICK HERE for more information.
Reading Enrichment- The Brinker PTA encourages our students development of the love of reading. We do this through support of the 2x2 and Bluebonnet reading programs as well as finding great children's Authors to visit our school. We also support our kindergarten Reading buddies program, that helps our littlest bears develop their reading abilities.
Community
Community Committee Chair, Simone Krasnov at skrasnov@brinkerpta.org
Staff Appreciation - Our Brinker Staff is the best, and we love to show them that we recognize their amazing efforts! Throughout the year we will show them our appreciation with special events ranging from monthly treats to a week-long appreciation celebration in May. We rely heavily on volunteers and donations of food and supplies in order to make these events amazing for our Staff.
Bear Hugs - Our Bear Hugs program offers our PTA the opportunity to celebrate life events as well as offer support due to illness or loss for our Brinker staff.
Hospitality Activities - PTA provides staff breakfasts and lunches and sets up coffee stations at school events through out the year.
Community Outreach - Brinker PTA selects special projects that help teach our students how they can impact the community. This includes planning and executing our fall canned food donation drive, stocking our counselors corner and working with out counselor to fulfill any other needs in our Brinker community.
